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Begins/Get ready to shell out more for your favourite summer dessert this year, ice creams as makers have already raised prices in the range of 5-8 per cent. Input costs for ice creams have gone up considerably in the last one year; skimmed milk powder prices have moved from Rs 140 a kg last year around the same time to over Rs 240 a kg now. Besides, prices of sugar, another key ingredient in ice creams too have risen by around 30-40 per cent, and milk fat prices have grown by around 35 per cent, say players. The country's largest player in terms of market share, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) which sells Amul ice creams, has risen prices by 5-8 per cent this month. Confirming the development, R S Sodhi, managing director of GCMMF said that input costs have risen and hence we have raised prices by 5-8 per cent. He, however, added, that the season as such is expected to be good and Amul is ready with a 650,000 litres per day (lpd) capacity for the summer season. .